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Götterdämmerung Destruction German Ring Ragnarök End Guh(r) Tuhr Deh Muh Rung Guh(r) Turh Da Muh Rung

Götterdämmerung refers to the complete destruction of an institution, regime, or order, akin to the twilight of the gods.

Götterdämmerung se refiere a la destrucción completa de una institución, régimen u orden, similar al crepúsculo de los dioses.

Front Götterdämmerung \guh(r)-tuhr-DEH-muh-rung or guh(r)-turh-DA-muh-rung\
Back noun
Complete destruction of an institution, regime, order, etc.

[From German Götterdämmerung (twilight of the gods), from Götter, plural of Gott (god) + Dämmerung (twilight). Götterdämmerung was the name of the last of Richard Wagner's four operas titled Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). The German word Götterdämmerung is a translation of the Old Norse Ragnarök which in Scandinavian mythology refers to the destruction of the gods in a battle with evil, resulting in the end of the world. The term Ragnarök is from regin (gods) + rok (fate, course) confused by some with Ragnarökkr (literally, twilight of the gods).]

"What began as the exuberant union of two college-age strivers is coming to a devastating end after 18 years, and the Gotterdammerung is being fought out not in court but inside the couple's perfect house." - Michelle Green; Dirty Divorcing; People (New York); Feb 19, 1990. 

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